Canadian poet Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
By Prisca Sam-Duru STOCKHOLM — Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. Carson, 76, was honoured “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature,” the Swedish Academy said on Thursday. The prize was announced […]
Women in Culture ends 5-day creative workshop
The Association of Women in Culture, Arts and Music Industry, AWICAMI, last week ended a five-day creative workshop aimed at helping Nigerian women acquire creative skills for income generation.
Ngozi Omeje connects from lecture hall to exhibition hall
AFTER several years of theoretical work as a lecturer, award-winning painter and a 2005 University of Nigeria, Nsukka graduate of Fine and Applied Arts, Ngozi Omeje is set to practicalise some of her experiences in the wider world in an ambitious new installation work entitled: Connecting Deep, an exhibition of recent work by the ceramist.
18 galleries, 50 artists for 3rd ART X Lagos Art fair
The fair which will hold from 2nd to 4th November 2018 at The Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos is one of the most important art fairs on the continent, showcasing the best and most innovative contemporary art from the African continent and Diaspora, with the intention of widening Nigeria’s connection to the international contemporary art scene.
Ugiomoh is Chair of 2018 LIMCAF jury
All is now set for the 2018 Life In My City Art Festival, LIMCAF grand finale. And as part of steps to give the festival the attention it deserves, the organisrs have appointed Prof. Frank Ugiomoh, art historian, sculptor and printmaker as the Chairman of the 2018 Life In My City Art Festival National Jury Panel.
Understanding why nations fail
Nigeria, and other countries similar to it, is poor because it has been ruled by a narrow elite that have organised society for their own benefit at the expense of the people
